Doctors recommend ICD, backup pacemaker to Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister  Nawaz Sharif has been recommended to have implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and a backup pacemaker, his daughter Maryam Nawaz said on Wednesday.

Maryam Nawaz responding to a tweet on Wednesday said:

“doctors have recommended Backup Pacemaker & ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator, a life saving device implanted in the body for patients at risk for fatal cardiac Arrhythmias.”

In series of tweets, Maryam Nawaz made people aware about the health of Nawaz Sharif

“MNS’s labs/scans/investigations to be completed by the end of this week or early next week. Concerned specialists being consulted. We should have a clearer picture of his health status & the procedures he needs subsequently.”

Earlier when former Premier was in Kot Lakhpat jail, Maryam stated that her father’ s condition has worsened and he needs proper medical care and attention which government is not providing him.

Later, Nawaz Sharif was released from prison in March after the Supreme Court granted him bail for six weeks to obtain medical treatment in the country, after which he has been undergoing treatment at Sharif Medical City Hospital, Lahore.